2017-2018 / PHYS3026-1

General physics : fluid dynamics and photometry

Duration

9h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits

 Bachelor in bioengineering2 crédits 

Lecturer

Laurent Dreesen, Quentin Hurdebise, Colin Michel 

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is organized in three chapters.
Chapter 1 : Fluid statics Basics, Pascal and Archimedes principles, application to the troposphere.
Chapter 2 : Fluid dynamics Ideal fluids : continuity equation, Bernoulli equation and applications, Viscous fluids : viscosity, Stokes law, Poiseuille law, Bernoulli - Poiseuille law, Reynolds number.
Chapter 3 : Radiometry (Photometry) Wave and corpuscular Theories, variables and units, black-body radiation, radiation interception, absorption by a continuous medium.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

  • Initiation to scientific reasoning.
  • Initiation problem resolution (translation in a formal language, resolution of the formal problem, solution analysis and interpretation).
  • Learning of orders of magnitude and approximations.
  • Learning of fundamental physics laws.
  • Use of computer to solve problems without analytical solution
After completing the course the student is expected to apply the basic laws of fluid dynamics and radiometry to simple problems.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

- Secondary school : French and Mathematics courses. - Mechanics PHYS 3025 - Thermodynamics PHYS 3024 - Mathematics MATH0493 - Mathematics MATH0494 - Mathematics MATH0485

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Lectures : 9 h Practical Works : 15 h (including 6 on computer)

Recommended or required readings

Lecture notes from Prof. M. Aubinet

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination
1) Theory : multiple choices questions and open question(s)
2) Exercices
Theory and exercices are taken into account for 40% and 60% of the overall grade, respectively.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Prof. Laurent DREESEN, Institut de Physique, B5 - Sart Tilman, Tél : 04/366.30.36, fax : 04/366.36.29, e-mail : Laurent.Dreesen@ulg.ac.be

Items online

Lecture notes
Lecture note will be available on eCampus (pdf).